2-Month Hackathon, Winners Decided!
It seems the winners of the hackathon held over two months have been decided.
We have prepared a blog post translated by DeepL, so please take a look!
The winning app appears to be a voting app where “Pi” is distributed to users who answer questions. Since it’s a system where you get coins just by answering, the barrier to participation is low, and it seems likely that more people will become Pi holders. Among the other apps, some built sites where goods could be bought and sold, incorporating bulletin board and e-commerce functions. I thought there would only be one such buying and selling platform, but I was surprised to see a variety of unexpected creations.
2023 Q1 Pi Hackathon Completion Report
The “2023 Q1 Pi Hackathon,” held for approximately two months, has concluded, and Pioneers and developers have demonstrated remarkable contributions to the Pi ecosystem. Their efforts, dedication, and talent have resulted in the creation of numerous unique and inspiring Pi apps that offer diverse utilities to all Pioneers.
This hackathon saw broad participation from across the network. Not only did over 6,700 participants, including app developers and non-developers, create apps, but over 30,000 Pioneers participated in reviewing and rating projects and voting for their preferred apps. Furthermore, tens of thousands of Pioneers continuously used and tested the apps, providing valuable early feedback as developers continued to refine their products. Some even discussed with friends and colleagues or spread information on social media. This hackathon became an event where the Pi community moved forward together as one.
Additionally, with the launch of the “PiOS (Pi Open Source)” program, Pi app developers can now utilize and modify code repositories provided by other community developers under the PiOS license to build apps within the Pi ecosystem. Several hackathon projects, including the winning entry, leveraged the PiOS license, pooling the collective wisdom of the community to build upon each other’s achievements. Submissions under PiOS include those for various uses such as marketplaces, consumer utilities, block explorers, and social media. These are helpful for other developers to improve upon without starting from scratch, add features to their own apps, or create new apps.
At the end of the hackathon, there were over 360 submissions, with hundreds more added after the deadline, totaling approximately 600 projects submitted. Choosing the winners was both difficult and a pleasant challenge. The judging was based on feedback from Pioneers, industry experts, and core team members, with user experience, degree of Pi integration, technical suitability, usefulness (contribution to Pioneers and the ecosystem), and data privacy as the main criteria. Details of the application requirements can be found here.
In addition to the winning entries, we would like to introduce several noteworthy Pi apps as honorable mentions. These are either comparable in quality to the winning entries or hold the potential to inspire further creativity in the future. Furthermore, there are numerous other apps that bring true value to the Pi Network, some of which are available in the Pi Browser’s Testnet Ecosystem. Pioneers are likely looking forward to seeing what emerges from these ongoing efforts!
Winning Projects
Today, we are announcing that nine projects that participated in the hackathon have won awards. The awards consist of 1 Overall Winner, 3 Runners-up, 4 Theme Category Winners, and 1 VC Review Round Winner. The winners are developers representing various countries across four continents.
Overall Winner
Polls for Pi
A Web3.0 voting app that allows planning and conducting polls and surveys, and pays respondents with Pi. It won due to its simple design focused on one core use case, user-friendly interface and experience, and clear utility of the Pi cryptocurrency. Furthermore, this Testnet app participates in the PiOS program, making its code public for other teams within the Pi ecosystem to utilize.
Overall Runner-up Winners
- Connect Social
A social media Testnet app for Pioneers to interact, learn, and have fun. It features posting, liking, and commenting functions, and allows creating and joining sub-communities. The Pi tip function, in particular, provides further recognition for excellent content creators. A marketplace is also integrated. - Coinskro
An escrow app tailored to the network’s needs, enabling secure and reliable peer-to-peer and business-to-business exchange of Pi for goods and services. It also features a dispute resolution mechanism and a clear UI. - Piketplace
A peer-to-peer marketplace app registered on Testnet. It features a clean and accessible UI and multilingual support, and attempts native solutions for Pi payments and shipping resolution. Pioneers can not only buy and sell goods but also assist with delivery as couriers in exchange for Pi.
Category Winners
- Social Media: Bulletin Board Chat (BBS Chat)
A social forum where full content can be accessed with Pi tips or a paywall. It features a clean UI and post selection based on interests. - Games and Entertainment: Pet for Pi
A育成 game where you collect, raise, and trade virtual pets with Pi. It boasts excellent graphics and an in-game economy, with future NFT integration in mind. - Consumer Utility: Pailot
A PiOS app promoting decentralized logistics using Pi. Although not yet complete, it is intuitive and holds potential to meet marketplace needs. - Open Innovation: Voice of Pi
A PiOS app integrating social features and a marketplace. Leveraging PiOS characteristics, other applicants utilized its framework to build multilingual apps.
VC Review Round
- ExplorePi
A Mainnet block explorer app that allows visual and interactive browsing of Pi blockchain data.
Honorable Mentions
In addition to the winning entries, there were many other excellent apps that brought utility and inspiration to the Pi ecosystem. The following are recognized as honorable mentions:
- Neobot: AI Chatbot
- Door for Pi: Pi Block Explorer
- App.Link for Pi: Collection of Pi Apps Rated by the Community
- Quotline: Quote Sharing Social App
- Pi Fruit: Idle Game Utilizing Pi
- Youpi: Marketplace Where Goods Can Be Purchased with Pi
- DAO Mall: Comprehensive Ecological City-Type Marketplace
- Store on Pi: Marketplace Gathering Physical Stores
- Darvia Shopping Mall: Multi-Vendor E-commerce
Some of these apps can be tried out in the Pi Browser’s Testnet Ecosystem!
Finally
Thank you to everyone who participated. We look forward to the future of these projects and the new projects that Pioneers will create!
*Disclaimer: Winning teams must comply with the hackathon terms and complete Pi’s KYC verification process. Failure to meet the conditions will result in disqualification.